North Carolina Newspapers

f - 1LMING: i i tM.'i XVot. r, No. sit Published weekly bj Allujwd Hail, at Thiei Dongas jl Ycaf.l THURSDAY, MAY 26,1 80S , ... . - . -- mm v Jn act for regulating Ordinaries and Re tailers of Spirituous ' Liquor bj the' ' small titeasur'eL.'-onJrfbr a'hbointinv a : Standard-keepen in the towns of Net f Jr aud Jyilmlpgtojtvnitf9 erect a public School fn the (ounty of'NefO' Hanover. ' . CHAP. XLIV. ' ' " "WHEREAS many abuse and irrei gnlarities have been found to prevail in' the towns of Newbern and Wil mington, in consequence bf improper Persons permitted to keen' ordinaries 1 and to retail spirituous liquors by the , ' small measure, to remove the cause . ofsch abuses and irregularities in fu ( tare: :. ' ; Be it fnactedby the General Assembly fthe Slate of North-Carolina and it hereby enacted by the authority of the samer That from and after the next March term of Craven and'Ncw-Han-' oyer county courts,1 no 5 person shall keep an ordinary, br retail Spirituous liquors by the small measure, in the town of Newbern or Wilmington, un til he or She shall have first Ahisrid to the commissioners amointed for ! the government of the 'said towns, and'-!; . 1 . s . k . ' - navs ootainea trom them a Uertrticate : bf their permission for that purpose, - which certificate and permission shall ba valid and in force for th.5 term.' of ohs year from the4ime it is granted 'and no longer j and every person who shall keep an ordinaryor who shall re tail spirituous liquors by the small mea aura in either bf tha said towns, after theaid March , term aforesaid, with out having first obtained the permis sion ofthe Cbmmissionersas aforesaid, '.shall forfeit 'and pay the sum of twenty fiveprands, tobe recovered in action of debt before any court having com petent jurisdiction .thereof, by any r jJcrsuiiTwiionun wiiiun one 7 year after the offence Committed sue , for the same, tHe one half to the use of he prosscutoror prosecutors, the 'o ther half to the use of said towns, to be '. applied by the commissioners towards "the contingent charge thereof. II. And be it further enacted, That e ery person who wishes to kesp an or- ... Iliniry, rto ruUil spirituous liquors y the small measure in either of the said town, and who has obtained the permission of the Commissioners as a fofegaj, . mav -or- application to the county courts of Craven and New-lla nover 'f especti vely, be ordered at the discretion of said courts, to have a li cense for the purpose aforesaid, and on audi license being g'ranted, he or she shall produce one or more securi ties to the said coum, to be by- them approved, who shall before the license" be made out, join with him or her in a bond of the same tenor as is prescribed in the seton Tscction of an act passed m.th; year one thousand seven bun- drcd and ninety-eight, entitled " An i set for regulatinordinarics and hou-! ses of entertainment,' andTetailars of( spirituous . liquors by the small mea- j ui-c:' an lit shall be the duty of the j clerkvof sai J courts respectivtly, upon ! such bon J being given and license, br- ; tiered, to prepars a license, and sign j the same, which shall continue in force ! for one year and no longer, and the person obtaining such license shall i piyto the clerk tbesame fees, and to the SheriT the same tax at by the j tirj section oi the act above recited, are directed and required; III. Andb: it further exited, That no person shall be permitted to retail spirituous liquors by the small mea sure, in either or said towns without a license from s;dJ courts' respectively, ' uvler the ptnalty of twenty-five pounds to be rccm-ercd and applied in the manner dircctc.d by the fust section of lMiact and the said courts sre en Joined end reouired not to ersnt a li cense for said purpose, or for keeping , , 'sh ordinary ir either of said towns, i io any)crson who has not outainca the permission of the Commissioners, A..,.. mm m ... i nai etlcct. froxiiUct nevertheless, ' Z PSf'ionsas have already, or shall before the March term aforesaid, -Jiarc bblilned licenf e to keep an onli- j nary, or tw retail spirituous liquors by the small measure in the manner here-' tofore used and by the law permitted, ! shall not be ttibtrrt iniKnv..n.i:. bovc denounced, till sfter their said li snail nave cxp'rro. l IV. And be it further tnarti i,' Thai tpon complaint made to the r.ommis shners, or to the Intcndar.t, or Migis. tcie of Police of cither of the said lawns, of any ordinary keeper or re j u:i... .r .. .. .l i. i. w " w, an in miiibi j iki jar hi , taikr t iforeuiil. within the bounds" tVreof, ijliing to or purrbssinj- fron a slate without a permit from his or s'l owner, or of cntertsmin a f :rratt Sf.slare ajsinst the Hill cf ) is - . or ,bef -owner or of entertaining comnnon sIuBr . against the directions of thi;ittlster of the vessel to which ne may1 belongs Vfrbt keeping, a disor derly hourit shall and may be law &vl' for tha said'cOmmiaMohers. o a Majority of them, or for the Ihtendant, or. Magistrate ot fonce alone, anci ns or they are hereby authorised and ref quired to summon sdeh ordinary keep eror retailer as aforesaid, before him or them, and on such offence being pro ved, to disable "such person from keep ing an ordinary oi- jpetailing spirituous liquors by the srvaM measure in said towns, as ifhu of she had nevel ob- tained any permission or licenseVfor mat purpose ; an t u alter such disa bility and suspension nronouneed, ant Such 'person shall keep arj ordinary oft retail spirituous liquors by;--.the - small measure vithin said town, he or she shalj be subject to the game; penalty as is denounced by th- first sectioiv of this act, to be recovered and applied in the same nianner as is tfierein. pre sci'ibed. X ' ' ;' . ,. And whereas the tttfrf regulating weights & measures in the respective counties of this State, have not the desired effect in the towns of Newbern and Wilmington. r: V. And be it further enactedy That the Commissioners of the said towns are hereby authorised and required at their first meeting after their annual appointment, and in t'ach and every year thereafter, to appoint proper per sons as standard keepers for the towns of Newbern and Wilmington, who shall' havo th; same powers within said towns, b6 subject to the .same du ties and penalties, an 1 entitled to the same fees, as standard keepers how are or may be by law ; and that from and after the-first-mbnday of May next, the now;r. an duty of the. stand ard keepers appointed by the county ; courcs, snail noi extena to any per son using weights and measures in said towns. , At a meeting of the Commissioners cm Monday the 9th of M$y, 180.1. ' OHDERED-rThat .all.qn''nry kispers and reta'Vrs of spirituous li quors by the small incisure, mak'j ap Dlication to the Board of Commission ers at thtir next meeting on the first monday in June next, for a Certificate of a permission agreeably td tho di rections of an act of Assembly, passed in the year 180") vu. that if any ptr son after the said first Monday in June next, hhall sell any spirituous liquors by the small measure, or keep any or dinary.without suchJCertificatc, he or she shall be prosecuted or the penal ties inflicted by the said act. A true Copy from the minatcs, THOMAS F. DAVIS, IV C. . trom the National Initllige-vtr A VINDICATION ' or thk Measures Present administration. By ALGERNON SIDNDEY. u Vflurt libei ty is there it my country,' No. II. LASTLY wj wire tiU the mea. surcs adopted by the first session of the last tongrets, were but part of a system of a general destruction, and that the federal Lhric would be under mined plcre by piece until it turn bled into ruins. To nTuta tin . jluniny it is.cnly n:ccssry. briefly to state the proceedings of the last ses sion. . It commenced on the f,th dsy of De cember, 1802. A quorum of the sc. nate did not appear until the Uth, and jj on me-1 itii -tne president s message j was transmitted to the two Houses f i . I , f t ... u uonai repeal ni mccountcrVsiIing du . , i - .-.ti'.j, .in tiesbf the British Parliament. f amicable settlement between the Uni ted Slate i and Ucbrgia rc'sprcting the Yatoo lands, of the. extension of our territory in the Indian country by a cession of more.thtn three millions three hundred thbutand acres oi land. 1 improv emmt irf our relations! with the natives of the cession of IWi. siinato France, which be remarked, might1 maVe 4ehaiReln the nject of our frtrt'urn rehtions of the pros. permit condition of ctr finsnccs and ii.. ii.li. - t . . . cjiiiciu vi iiiwic limn rifril mil lions ofdcllsrs cf the niilon.il trl,l. j l ie culled their ttcnticr) to the nece ''J f procuring some imsll sessclf "r the public unice in tbt war with Tripoli i U the prtprietl of titaldifc!w i 1 " ' 1 ' k' - ing" a dry dock at the se'bgbverii mentrahd n the necessity of tnakih,; provision by law tht? return of bur seamen from other countries. . Tic re-; commended it to fhem to practics' e-very- nsefui economy, and not to ibi- ' pose unnecessary burthens, to culti vate psace, maintain coinmerce, foster the fisheries, pretect the manufdctti ries, preserve the public faith, to keep within tha pale bi' the constitution and cherish the federal union. - ; What part of this message exhibit evidence of u disposition to engage in the labors of general : destruction i What j?art of it i3 ho.ib to the fed: ral union or to proprrty, peace, qukt national happiness ? , ' Congress,- so far from proving Vthe existenca of a. wish,' to render the public estabrfthments insecure or preajvs' SUI': 10 !zart! ,thc WrtTted by airthe maritime states in Eii- pacs or prospsfity, either- nf in-livr- duals or "of tha nation, is a)ib entitled to hish'conadence. --rJ. : It hai often been remarked bv men I of learning, j'ldnjftjjf an I bxpeiience 'i mat a nation nas always more to foar from governing too mttcFthan tso Jit tie. A vast differe:ic pyUi un.r. reformations which are Called for by the condition and feeling of the people,' and comport with the state of tfi'e'na- i tion, andth;.s':Vvcrsionoft!ioij insti tutions, vhich furnish personcl secu rity, and tend in increase cir prosjv- I rity. For the first we hok with conS- dcn:e td a wise legishtvirc The lat- ' te-r is only to bs dreaded, where the ' legislative power shall be (if ever) in- t trusted to fools or 'madmen. ( r. When the changa took place it' ad- ! ministration, it was' effected br the ! peop e, bjcause they felt themscRcs i aggnevej by the nvjasnres of govern-, ;j nent-Men were chang-d to produce : a change in measures. "Coiwrcw in If the winter .80.-3 r,ePealed .&.oirU -i "Vf Iaw9 ; tand thl ad?5niaUrn of i government was thaned to tKi id,..- I ot the oeob e r - w ijn, j i The reformations which had long been contemplate:!, were then efTi-n.-d. jand nothing left for the lute sesiion, ; but the performance of the. common : rotin.-of pi!llc busing,, ftU tention to su:h things m th: progress of government. To de tail the proceedings of congress would ba tidions an;l nni Vr;sting; thouih to th; public it may be liighiv useful to state the princip d things' which have received their attcntiou. With a sincere desire to aid and im prove commerce and navigation, the president in his first message repre sented th; evils to which thev are ex posed by the discriminating 'duties of U-cat-Britain j which, from the differ cnt modes of collecting tmpostsadop. tsd by the .tyo nations, operate greats ly to the injur? ef our carrying trade, j ui awiu- ii-om o.r citiuns at least three dollars to each f v maw., rorn tbe sublcts of that nation r W hereby Br ti-.h subjects are enrljlcd i . . vvn. ,., rca measure, tre freights of the six southern states, to the excluVnn of our own merchants, and particulVly, to the injury cf the eastern states; To this subject he mvited the alter- tion of congress, who at their last ses sion, appointed a sommittcc of emi nent merchants and others, to consider and report what, in their opinion, could be done in furtherance nf trade and navigation This committee re. ported in favour of vesting the execn live witli power to annul our discrimi nating duties, whenever the disrimi nating duties of Creal-DritaJn shjuld be abolished. By the persons Immediately inter cstcd in the carryin,- tradcdifilrcnt o pmionswere entertained vme tho't the pronoscd measure wimM lu. beneficial j others possessed of ciual ' tile lit. fJVYw a 1 '. I ' vfc mtti uivvrssi, DC1ICV- ed it would have a tendency to pro duce an.lnjury. To fumhh evidence to our merchants, of a disposition on the part of government, as well to con suit their feelings, as to promote thrir interests, the consideration of the re. port was deferred, and probably will be until experience shall shew thati'.i time of peace, the proposed measure is essential to the carrying trade. To aroidthe wated of our national rcfOjrccs.the pr.nidyii frronirrendtd the establishment cf a dry Cntk, to preserve cir vesst1c-it.l... r. mcth r 8nd lo them from me rapui uecay iinavoidabe to timacrs daily capemndngthe tkisUudes cf heat and moisture. The unexpected and serious l.pect tm lon lh, Mississippi rendermjU hoiKU ik.i i1" 'r money and ur sMl mijtbl I W tlnployed In a more irtite manner ;Jf5r rpoicsmore prtni.Tis ''isftiVprnpoition was'with frti rprtet pbstpaed H- Piture considem uon. .i.iucn pums JiriTe beti taken to reprs;nt this as a yrioarv projfet of tha execuii veto srtivler, of th-i puV hc property, millions of dollars. 1 To 9JV3 money not to squander it awav, was his design; the essence .instead oF o"cing hiillionswas not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars. Which Sum is annually" necessary. to kee:? 12 frigates in repair, while lying in. water; the. single expenditure of that sum up on'a dry doc!, would make provision for year's, for the oreserviUirvn M't same number of frio-atq. ;tt js RnowiitroniJthe-experience-ofi Tf'iftn1 ,i'-vt .i..; . ... - cjiils,, mai vessels n i ncpt a'T and cpvered. from the sun, vi M continue as '.sound rope. ' - - . r Congress havj made provision to! COnincnSatC nei-inn rtrr - fanvYfuA t L... - I ;' . ' kiKrwn wounds United States, during the re.volutiTona- ' ry war, for whom no provision has i been "made. , .' , . j They have authorised procuring and I equipping four, small armed vessels ! against 1 npoli j calculated for use hear the Barbary .coasts. This has been represented as evidence ofth w.t. ness and inconsistency of the adminis-j tration ; who are charged with having sol i a part of the national shipping improvident ly. ' Two concjjsive answers 'present J thems.-lves : first these Vessels were ! sold by an order of the executive Mven I in o'jertunce to a law, passed before J ere not calculat d fbr a wa th the piralcs.of Afrirarand S S t swer for the public service. ' tu. t.. ' t- . . necamc into ouice: secondv. n, ''ZZr of congresses the violat o S "25? i ,.,. V... .u:. t- - .. . . V. 1 i ii' u uv mi' ininnti'inr r leans, in depri ving our citizens of the -- ' "J - 'v.iiuaiU ML ACW1 IF, ng:u ot ieposit-at that place, and for-1 bid Mn all intercourse between the I subjects of Louisiana and the citizens! oi Uie- imitcJ htfttes. This flagraht breach of treaty, received as it deman ded the most pmn pt and vigilant at- wnrion ot government.. j "'Nor lias the cession of lhat frov'inte ! bv Sbiin to Franr;. .A i,.'.,.-- I'icrease the cof dence of this nation, I ... iin; , icws ui i-.wiz powers 5 -though povernmcnt has riteived froni both the nvist soleinn assurances that the rights of thisnation slntlhH !Vrirf. .I. Otthe 12th day of May, .786, the Lnud States solemnly proclaimed their rights'ld the free navigation of the Misiini af.d ?t. I.smrir- : of the head waters of t!ie r!vi.r. II. I . .. .' -..v,, ' ntf i"e gujp'is aruLo'htr streams ' wincn conuectcd them with the main ocean, .v. . ' . i -The full enjoy'rfrnt of dM the lights ! .niadc known, by that declaration "will bu maintained,. saerod and.imiolaje, ' so long h the people of theSe staks constitute a nation, ... i The presidenh with th V;-nf r I the ssn.ite, has apH.inted James Mon-, K'iiimsicrcxiraoruinary to ihc courts i of France and SpaiiT. to regain then jnymcnt of the right of deposit, to re-' ; move, ana in nr.ure prevent the em- ' Uirrasstri-nts under which the western sutes libor ; to enlarge the rights of : the nation and irsurc thoe already acquired beyond the possibility of di4- . pute or contest. ' . j Con'rtSS. in fnrthrranr rr .! ; views hare appropriated two millions j of dollars, authorised the president io ' . establish arsenals in the wcttern conn-' I ; try, to build and L-jafs, and TChcnever b shall ride nsccssary to detach cWhty tK.,ui ' - o - - , . troops. At the close of the sessicn an at tmpt was made by the oppoiition to cast an odium upon .'the uimmiin ersof the sinking fund. This terrai natcd as every other attempt in injure the administration has, in their defeat and morUficsiion." So &M i,.-,i,- procccdings of that board defended,! ami so cicany were ti e sidom and .Uilry of their oiennures proved, that cf the oprvHliion'Lui it. ! could be found hardy rnotifti io dis- II seni iron me Tote of. conS.Jenre and 1 spprountion adopted Ly Uc bome cf rcpreienUllrcsf , l was the last art f,ftht 'con. greis, under snoe aiithmifirs nomo nie wor borrowed, no t's'xts create J, no law passed restriclimc the I'd-er ty of the ciiiirn. Every other congress incressed the burtliciisof the pcVplel by this" they were removed, f , ', . When lite t9IAn f.flK lirnaa .,.! i . . r l l . have been fon;cttcn i htn the w.r.lf inf Intcrtits f IncisldvaU and Ike - - " ' V s ' ;- - ' .. , ' , petty bickerings 'of rival caindidatcia ; ball bive been assigned to the tom of oblivion,6tbe future' historian shall faithfully: record tlvosefacts, as a YicK legacy to posterity,'; , : -t - . Here I might triumphantly dema of the restless enemv oflibartv to arj- poiiit out that .act, which proves th v.-.ouvv. vi a lYisiuu ucsirpy me ie deyal union ; which threatens Jprivat property, or personal security and te pectability which can reasonably create any fear or jealousy in the mini of lhe: : most suspicious v politician which waa not required by the stat of the country, and does not merit th iipprobatioa-onhe people. . , The most striking and efficacious meie of contrasting the present with, tbe last ad.ninistralibn, is by art atten- tion to their fiscal concerns. , In. he-'" ; two first years of the last administra tion the executive was authorised tp borrow nine million's eight, hundred thousand dollars.; a part of which .was actually loaned at eight percentnm interest. For the two last years no loan has been made or authorised. In the two first years of the last ad minis'.ralion an additional , duty; of, cents' per bashed, onsalt, "the stam duty au la land'tax bf twb million,! -of dollars were levied ; during he -rjfe scntnolax has beealevied ; . the lanA-i' tax IS disoonfiniifd ' am) tl.o .'f i,v.t n with all the other intern?! taxe'5, 'hak has been abofished. Duiingtbe last, administration in three years, the, na tional.dpbt was increased .three 'roil lions three hundred. and ninety-four thousand three - hundred and sevcn : teen dolkrs and forty-two cents ; since the present, in two years the national debt has been .reduced seven millionV" eight hundred and forty.nine thousand four hundred and thirty-seven 'dollark and thirty-eight cents. . ' , " , . Duringthe last administration no payments were made on the', deferred ' debt. On the first of April, 1801, jni. tercst firzt fell due on that debt,,' and the present administration have annu ally paid thereon twelve hundred thou sand dollars., Ouce more(wKenihe " last administration retired, there wera one million seven hundred rid .ninety four thousand arid. forty-foir dollars (A. " th? treasury ; now in the same treasu ry there are five hiiUbns and .twentf -thousand two hundred and thirty dol- lars and sixty-two cents. - . r , . ..The actul savings of - the two last years may be jusily estimate4 as fU .-. Two years payment of interest on the defer- i red debt at twelve hun dred thousand dollars a- , . year, equal ... 2,400,00 Reductions "of the . puhhedebt - , . r,89,437 IS Increase of specie in . .; the treasury, ' 4.225,185 39 Dolls. I3,475,33 Tl which sums Eiom deduct the proceeds cf the bank shares Ute. Jy sold by order of the eoinmissioners of tbe sinking fund, l,27.6Cli Dolls. 17,188,023 7t A sum more tfian six times sslara as the land tax levied in 1 80 by He last administmtion. - Ofwlich eufu nine tuill'ons sevtn hundred and eigbl ty-eight thousand and twenty-two lol htsaiul seventy-six cents have actcal- iy uccn, ana sre in a train to be spp.ivrt to the reduction of the najicr.al debt. t With such bright prrsrects of k , speedy extinction ofthc national debt withoMt additional burthens, howcarei ful should government be. to avoid e very thing tending to increase our ex JKnditure? when that debt ahsllhavj hre n extinriishrd, the present reverb rs cf government will be equal to it i -maintenance and to the support of any necessary wars in which this hstiuA can be enpaged. , . When 1 nflfft ipo'n trie surrtndrr by government to the pecpJc of a rr.ijt lion of dollars annually, in a VoliiWnj tbe excise; upon the rapid rrduaicn ofthe public dtbt, end upon the ii cie i th?, treasury, and call w inr..t , ioc(iToweu ar.u anoan VtUtrouiatki ofthe late an.inWtration, Mt en! id rrntlnue but to double the fcr.il tavj I amlot in amazement., i rannct dicoer the exigence of tl.r.t nrrrrlj ty stbieh demanded sWh rrrfifeJ and f ppresive enntributirn. Yet t boldly declare th it to eomintie' as writ the lnd tax, as th ,fhrr iMernsI iai tswasthedesirnofth. sdminUtr tion. Tbll ilrilMrilli.n U Crum skprwled of the sirws bf perso.is then ia wtr aaj fiU l ' .0 s 4. ! r- f . - - - -..